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Aug. 22, 1950 Filed Jan. 17, 1947 R. R. WELLSTATTE'R GARMENT 2Sheets-Sheet l f TWEN TOR.

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INVENTOR fins/a E lVsusr/irrifi ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 22, 1950 UNITEDSTARS FTENT OFFICE GARMENT Rosa R. Wellstatter, Na, York, N. Y.

Application J anuary l7, 1947,-Serial N 0. 722,617

2 Claims. I 1

This invention relates to a garment comprising a wrap-around skirtstructure.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved two-partwrap-around skirt.

Another object of the invention is to provide a skirt structure adaptedto support a pantie or the like while giving a maximum of freedom ofmovement to the wearer.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment adapted toprovide support for a removable sanitary crotchband or the like whilegiving the user a maximum of freedom of movement,

Other objects of the invention will be in part obvious or in partpointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combinations of elements, arrangements of parts, and in the severalsteps and relation and order of each of said steps to one or more of theothers thereof, all as will be pointed out in the following description,and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in thefollowing claims.

The invention will best be understood if the following description isread in connection with the drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of a garment embodying the invention;

Figure 2 is a view of the garment shown in Figure 1 showing the pantieslightly separated from, and in exploded elation to, the remainder ofthe garment;

Figure 3 is a diagrammatic top plan view of the skirt portion of thegarment;

Figure 4 is a diagrammatic view showing the skirt in perspective withportions cut away; and

Figure 5 is a perspective view showing the combination of skirt andpantie in the form in which they are when in use; and

Figure 6 is a diagrammatic view of a strip of material showing how thetwo skirt portions l4 and i5 may be economically cut out; and

Figure 7 is a diagrammatic View of the parts comprising a skirt portionand its lateral projection after they are cut out but before they arejoined.

The numeral l2 indicates generally a garment comprising a skirt havingthe horizontally and oppositely extending portions l4 and It. (SeeFigure 6.) As clearly indicated in Figure 3, the skirt portions are ofsufficient extent in a horizontal plane so that their ends areoverlapped both in front and rear. The skirt portions are not joinedtogether, however, except at, or sub- 2 I stantially at, the waistlineit where they may also, if desired, be, joined to. a bodice l9.

Each skirt portion has a lateral extension projecting from one end atthe top and shaped to be form fitting. This lateral extension may beintegral with the skirt portion or separately cut out and joined to theskirt portion. As a labor and material saving device and to make it formfitting the skirt portion is preferably cut out separately (see Figure7) and stitched to the skirt portion along the line s. Thus for examplethe extensions i and 16 may be cut out to have their inner edges i4 andl6 shaped as edge lii' is shaped relative to skirt portion H5 in Figurel. When they are stitched to the skirt portions along the lines i i and15 respectively, as indicated in broken lines in Figure 6, each portioncooperates with the skirt portion to which it is secured and the otherskirt portion to provide a form fitting garment. In this manner thegarment may be readily manufactured on a large scale as a ready madearticle.

Portion M has the extension I i disposed on the inside of theoverlapping end of portion it, andportion It has the extension Isdisposed on the inside of the overlapping end of portion [4. Theextensions M and [6 respectively extend down a substantial distance fromthe waistline, and as illustrated herein they extend from a fourth to athird of the distance from the waistline to the bottom of the skirt.While the upper margin of each extension M and Mi respectively, isstitched along the waistline l8 to the overlapping skirt portions M and16 respectively, the outer lateral margins W and "5 respectively, andthe bottom margins [4 and [6 of the extensions respectively, are freeand not directly interconnected with the opposite skirt portions.

. As shown herein the front edge 20 or" skirt portion It overlaps thelateral extension w of skirt ortion l6 and the edge 23 of said skirtportion l6, and similarly the rear end 22 of skirt portion [6 overlapsthe lateral extension 14* of skirt portion it and extends over the edge2| of skirt portion [4.

Desirably the skirt ends 20 and 22 extend in opposite directions equaldistances beyond the middle of the front and rear of the garmentrespectively, and extensions I l and Ili similarly extend equaldistances beyond the mid point of the front and rear of the garmentrespectively to give balance to the garment.

Along the lower margins of the extensions M and lfi of the lateralextensions HI and I6- respectively fastening means such for example asthe buttons 2), are provided to support one or more garments, such forexample as a sanitary apron or crotchband 24, a pantie 26, or both. Thegarment or garments to be attached to the fastening means b may beprovided with cooperating attachment means such for example as thebuttonholes I). If members 24 and 26 are used together they may beattached to the same or to alternate fastening means b and when usedtogether the crotch of the pantie will provide further support formember 24.

The result of attaching one or both of said members 24 and 26 betweensaid lateral extensions I4 and I6 is to improve the hang of the skirtsince they, and particularly the pantie 26, by interconnecting the saidextensions serve to hold said extensions in roper position on the bodyand prevent rolling up of the free edges thereof. The effect of thepantie in positioning the skirt members on the user's body isdiagrammatically represented in Figure 4 by the dotted lines 30extending to the free margin 14 of skirt portion H from the outside ofthe opposite leg of the pantie at 32. Similarly the lines 34 extendingto the free margin ls of lateral extension Hi from the outside of theopposite leg of the pantie at 36 indicate the support iven to the freeedge [6 of lateral extension IS.

The structure disclosed herein provides for the swinging support ofeither or both members 24 or 26 without causing the skirt or saidmembers to bind or to be distorted or bulgy. Because the weight of theattached garments is distributed to the users hipline through thelateral extensions l4 and I8 the skirt portions remain free, and on theother hand the attached garment or garments xert a balancing effect onthe said lateral extensions H and l8 and prevent them from rolling up.

It will thus be seen that there has been provided by this invention anarticle in which the various objects hereinabove set forth together withmany thoroughly practical advantages are successfully achieved. Asvarious possible embodiments might be made of the mechanical features ofthe abov invention and as the art herein described might be varied invarious parts, all without departing from the scope of the invention, itis to be understood that all matter here inbefore set forth or shown inthe accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not ina limiting sense.

What I claim is:

1. A skirt comprising two parts oppositely disposed and overlapping andinterengaged in front and back at the waist line, each part having alongone lateral margin a laterally extending portion stitched thereto anddisposed inside of the overlapped margin of the other skirt part andextending only part way down the skirt, each of said lateral extensionshaving attachment means adjacent its lower margin, and a garment havingattachment means engageable with the attachin'ent means on saidextensions respectively supported within the skirt assembly between thesaid oppositely disposed lateral extensions of the skirt parts 2. Agarment comprising a divided skirt consisting of two skirt partsextending part way around the users body in opposite directions withtheir opposite lateral margins slightly overlapped and with each parthaving one lateral margin disposed inside and the other lateral margindisposed outside of the opposed lateral margins of the other skirt part,each of said parts respectively having at the top along the lateralmargin which is inside the overlapped portion of the other skirt part alateral projection extending down from the waistline to a line betweenthe thighs of the wearer and only part way around the other skirt part,attachment means on each of said projections, and a garment supportedwithin the skirt assembly on said attachment means.

ROSA R. WELLSTA'I'IER REFERENCES CITED The following references are ofrecord in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,709,337 Cameron r Apr. 16, 19291,988,068 Beckerma-n Jan. 15, 1935 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date17,067 Australia -r July 19, 1929 of 1928

